by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
We’ve all been there. The awkward pause. The silence where you just can’t think of something to say. The space in-between words where nothing is said and yet so much is spoken. The state of being between.
This vignette play explores the beats, pauses, and never-ending silences in conversation. The girl who tries to tell her best friend she wants to date him. The boy who creates the wrong kind of pause. The sister who is dealing with the silent treatment. The guy who wants to confess but can’t open his mouth. The daughter who doesn’t want to talk because talking makes her remember.
An excellent class project play with parts for everyone at all levels with a great technique exploration. How do you act in a pause?
Average Producer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Recommended for High Schools and Middle Schools
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My students enjoyed putting this play on. There is lots of opportunity to expand the cast, or cut it down. It was also easy to have a student director take small groups of actors to work while I worked with another group.
This play was a great challenge for my students who do not enjoy uncomfortable silences. We also experimented with outdoor performances, using different parts of the school play areas for different scenes. This was highly effective, creating a traveling performance for the audience to follow.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
Connect and commiserate with these characters who can't help but do stupid things. An amazing ensemble opportunity.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
This middle school vignette play examines self-image and appearance.
by Christian Kiley
Sometimes the hardest part of school is getting from one class to the next.
by Lindsay Price Canadian Author
In this world writing is a struggle, a battle, a war. Backspace explores personification and characterization like no other play.
by Judith White
Theseus is a young man on an adventure. As he makes his way to Athens to meet his father he must fight bandits, carnivorous pigs, and travel the underworld.
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Want to learn more?
A vignette play is a collection of short scenes on a theme. You'll love working with the variety and flexibility of the scenes. Your actors will love the fast pace and fun characters.
There's more. Every Theatrefolk vignette play holds the unexpected. A showcase monologue. A dramatic moment. A change in form. A left turn.
Ideal for classwork, competitions, and more!
